Delegates from more than 170 countries attempting to negotiate a treaty to curb global plastic pollution ended a weeklong ...

International negotiations to create a legally binding treaty to stem the tide of plastic pollution ended in a stalemate on ...

There is an impasse over whether the treaty should reduce the total plastic on Earth and put global, legally binding controls ...

Countries negotiating the treaty have agreed to meet again in 2025, with issues of production caps, program funding and ...

An analysis by the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL) found that 220 lobbyists had registered for INC-5.

A summit many hoped would yield a landmark treaty to tackle a global plastic pollution crisis ended in disappointment after ...

A resolution was adopted, in 2022 in Nairobi, at the United Nations Environment Assembly to develop global rules for curbing ...

Every year, the world produces more than 400 million tons of new plastic. Plastic production could climb about 70% by 2040 ...

Countries have failed to reach an agreement to stem plastic pollution after a small number of oil-rich nations resisted ...

Countries have failed to agree on critical clauses such as capping plastic production, the supply and management of plastic ...

Delegates attending the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea leave the ...

Negotiations in South Korea for a global treaty on plastic waste stalemated over limits on plastic production and the ...